Evoke and targets

[Goodguy666]

Say I play a shriekmaw for its evoke cost. Then when it comes into play I have to sacrifice it. Is ther anytime between comming into play, getting to kill a creature and it going to the graveyard. In other workd, can I target the shriekmaw when its in game or is it never in the game while me getting priority when played for evoke cost.

Could I; Play Shriekmaw, target some creature of my opponents and then play a momentary blink (remove it from the game and return it to the game) on my shriekmaw ?

Thanks in advance

[Godder]

If you play a creature using its Evoke cost, you sacrifice it "when it comes into play" which is a triggered ability. Because it's a triggered ability, it goes on the stack normally i.e. after Shriekmaw is actually in play. Shriekmaw's other ability is also a triggered ability, also "when it comes into play", so you get to stack them in the order you choose, and then add any other items to the stack as normal, and Shriekmaw will remain in play until the sacrifice trigger actually resolves.

Momentary Blink on Shriekmaw works how you want it to, plus you don't have to sacrifice it afterwards because the game considers it a new, different object because it changed zones.

[Matt]

Lots of fun with Crystal Shard.